ARTICLES BY SUSAN MUSGRAVE
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 DEAD BABIES ON COKE
The Downside of Drug SmugglingWe need to make the world a safer place for crime.
-Pablo Escobar
Way before you were born, I was a mule for Pablo Escobar. My first temporary job was posing as a tourist on planes that were used to smuggle contraband. My partner, Gloria, was living with her boyfriend, Elijas (she pronounced it Alias) in a hotel room in Bogotá. ...
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  BEACHCOMBERS
Garbage-Picking the Ocean From Here to PrisonI've found everything short of a human body washed up on the beach," said my friend Russ. During a couple of winters spent caretaking a fishing lodge on an island off British Columbia's west coast, he discovered the joys of beachcombing-pulling random cast-off objects out of the ocean. Two of his best hauls: dozens of left-footed Nikes that washed up after a container ship from Japan went down ...
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 THE VICE GUIDE TO OUTLAWS & FOOD
Outlaws can be a picky lot. Jesse James, a chili head, refused to rob the Lone Star Bank in McKinney, Texas because his favorite chili parlor was there. Billy the Kid was allergic to dairy products and the Sundance Kid wouldn't eat an egg unless it was served to him sunnyside up. Chances are, wherev...
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